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(No Model.) l l f E. A-.-000PBR- 4 -HAmBss PAD TREE. No. 296,140.

IL PETERS, mnu-Langman. Wuhingmn. IJA c.

UNITED l- STATES ArnNr trice..

`nDwAiaDA. COOPER, Or BUFFALO, NEW vonk.

HAeNEss-PAD TREE.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 296,140, dated April 1`,` 1884:.

Application filed J une 7, 1883. (No model.) I

To aZZ'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. COOPER,

of the city of Buffalo,'in the county of Erie "pointed out in the claims.

and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harn ess-Pad Trees, of which the following is a speciiication.

f This invention relates to an improvement in that class of harness-saddles in which the yoke is connected to the padframe by a joint which permits one part to rock on the other l in being adjusted to the horse.

The object of my invention is to .provide a `simple and efficient device for attachingjthe `parts of the saddle together; and my invention consists to that end of the improvements lwhich will be hereinafter fully set forth, and

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is i a side elevation of a harness-saddley provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of one-half of thesaddle at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, Fig. 4 an edgeelevation, and Fig. 5 a perspective View, of the pivoted nut.

1 view, of the lower pad-plate. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the upper pad-plate. Figs. 7 and 8 are cross-sections in lines ma and yy, Fig.

2, respectively. Fig. 9 is an inside elevation `of one end of the yoke.

Fig. 10 is anedge elevation of the same` and connecting parts. Fig. ll is a plan view, and Fig. l2 an end Like letters of reference refer to like parts inthe several ligures. i

A represents the yoke, of which` only one end is shown in the drawings. j

B represents the upperpad-plate, and C t-he 1 `lower pad-plate, both together constituting the pad-frame. i

D represents the saddle-Hap or skirt-strap, secured withits upper end between thepadplates B and C.`

E represents theV terret, whereby each end ofthe yoke is secured to the adjacent pad frame. Each end of the yoke is constructed on it-s under side with two convex bearings,

` ff, preferably formed in the side flanges, f',

of the yoke, as shown, on opposite sides of l 3 the Opening f, through which the terret-screw d passes. These bearingsare seated upon convex supports g g, which are formed on the npper side of the lower pad-plate, C. i The supports g g are arranged so far apart on the plate C as to receive between them a screwnut, H, into which the pad-screw cZ screws. The nut H is provided with pivots h, arranged across the yoke and seated in recesses h on the under sides of the supports g, whereby the nut H is held against turning, and :at the same time permitted to rock as the endof the yoke rocks on the supports g in being adjusted. The lower plate, C, is constructed with an opening, i, between the supports g and the upper plate, B, with a corresponding opening, t, which permits the requisite limited movements of the nut on its pivots.

Z; represents a hook or projecting lip formed on the upper side of the lower plate, C, and 7s an opening formed in the upper plate, B, for the reception of the lip lo. l

Z represents the pad-screw, whereby the lower ends of the plates `B' and O are secured together. The screw threaded end of the screw Z engages in a nut, Z', secured to the under side of the plate C, in the usual manner.

m represents a stud or pin formed on the underside of the plate B, between Athe terret E and the pad-screw Z, and adapted to enter an opening in the skirt-strap or saddle-Hap E, which is secured between the plates B and C, thereby more firmly securing the same in place. r The nut H is free to rock on its pivots,`and

the yoke A is free to rock by means of its concave bearings f on the convex supports g, whereby the pad-frame and the yoke are enabled to adjust themselves to suit the form and size of the horse, while the yoke is at the same time iirmly connected to the pad-plate` by the concave bearings f and convex supports g. rlhe pivots Zz of the nut may be beveled oi on their lower sides, as represented in Fig. l0, to give the pivots more freedom of movement in their seats.

rlhe saddle-flap or skirtstrap D is 'secured between the metallic plates B and C, forming the pad-frame, whereby a rigid and reliable connection of the saddle-flap with the padi'rame is secured. The nut H being inserted in its seat from below, it is covered by the pad proper, and thereby guarded against acci- IOC) dental displacement or loss. The plates B and Gare each cast complete of malleable iron or der side, a n ut, H, provided with pivots h', engaging in the recesses h', and a pad-screw, d,

other suitable metal, and are readily secured whereby saidnut is attached to the yoke, sub- 15 together and to the saddle-iiap by the hookstantially asset forth.

' 5 joint at the upper ends of the plates and the padscrew at the lower ends of the plates. I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with the yoke A, provided on its under side With concave bearings 1o f, of the pad-plate C, provided on its upper side with convex supports g, engaging in the bearings f, and having recesses h on their un- 2. The combination, with the plate C, provided with a lip, la, of the plate B, having an opening, k', and a stud, m, and the fasteningscrew l, substantially as set forth.

EDWARD A. COOPER.

Witnesses:

JNO. J. BONNER, CHAs. F. GEYER. 

